[Daniel] Craig said: “I think somebody paid about £200,000 for this written-off Aston Martin. It was a Bond aficionado.”

The car was one of six Aston Martins Fraser used on the set of Quantum Of Solace, the 21st Bond film. It had been due to take part in a lakeside scene in which Craig roars away from the site of a fireball crash and a truck ends up in the water.

Craig added: “It was early morning. It was a winding road. It was wet and I think he just lost control.

“But who cares? Because he’s fine and it’s only a car. I saw him the other night and shook his hand.” Read the full story here…

One thing we do know. If we had £200,000 to lay out on a supercar, then we would expect it to go. And we wouldn’t try to drive it around Lake Garda.